Guernsey Together but not together
FIRSTLY, heartfelt thanks to Dr Brink, Deputy St Pier and Deputy Soulsby for demonstrating superb leadership in getting us to where we are in the ongoing fight against Covid-19. Your efforts are much appreciated by the majority of the population of our island.
You have achieved more than you said you would do at the outset, in that we moved to phase five much sooner than you had originally anticipated.
As you always said it would be, your decision-making process has been transparent from the start. You always said that you were dealing with a totally unprecedented situation, that you would probably not get everything right first time and would have to change things. You have regularly kept all of us well informed of any developments.
How refreshing for something coming out of the States.
Living in an age when it seems that everyone is wrapped up in their own little world without giving much thought for others, it has been quite refreshing to have seen that, actually, we can all be a bit more considerate of others’ needs and can support each other when forced into an extremely unpleasant corner – yes, truly Guernsey Together.
However, unfortunately, we are not set a good example by the behaviour of a government assembly that is nowhere near being together; in fact, couldn’t be further apart. Having listened to so many inarticulate ramblings by a good many States members during debate on a whole range of subjects, it is very concerning that, almost without fail, deputies’ votes on nearly all issues are constantly split down the middle. How can islanders be expected to respect any such outcomes on a continual basis? Deputies should be working as a team and not continually trying to push their own often extreme, left-wing views when, in their mind, point scoring over other deputies is their most important goal. It’s also about time that a very persistent deputy gave up on his call for recorded votes. What’s his reasoning behind this? Hours, days, weeks have been wasted by all involved during this term in going through the process – he only needs to give me a call after a States meeting and I will tell him how I’m sure each deputy would have voted. In summary, sadly, States of Guernsey not together.
The next election can’t come quickly enough – here’s hoping for a much improved calibre of candidate who, particularly with the implementation of ‘Revive and Thrive’, must have a business acumen which will, hopefully, allow the States as a whole to set a good example and to lead us all as the States of Guernsey Together.
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